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<\/a>Driving to the Ends of the Earth to settle down<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cBob! They\u2019re hiring an Executive Director for the Community Access Cable TV Station, tonight even! And I\u2019m good friends with the President of the Board who just told me minutes ago how forlorn she was over the lack of any really good candidates for the job.\u201d Bob had been the producer of a local cable TV show during Bev\u2019s time in South Jersey (which played a major role in our community organizing efforts, read \u201cHow I Came to be a Lawyer\u201d). Bob was also known for having produced some very good documentaries.<\/p>\n
Well, we quick use Bev\u2019s typewriter (no computers in those days) to hurriedly put together a Resume for Bob, and race over to the cable TV station. We arrive out-of-breath, and yea! the Board President friend of Bev\u2019s is there and the meeting to decide whom to hire hasn\u2019t started yet. She\u2019s very glad to meet Bob and does a short interview. Bob is a quick study and I already told you he was a great guy. She says call from Seattle tomorrow and I\u2019ll let you know.<\/p>\n
In Seattle we visit Ginny, another friend from South Jersey, Bob makes the call: \u201cYou\u2019ve got the job!\u201d she says, and Bob drops me off at the Amtrak station before turning the Volare around for Portland. Bob became a fixture, even a legend, in Portland for the next 30 years, and I went on to become a State Legislator in Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You\u2019ve got the job! [seventh daily dose of Florida Rescue Mission] When we get to Portland, Oregon, we stop in to visit Bev, a friend of both of ours from Legal Services in New Jersey. She\u2019s now an attorney with … Continue reading